Trompe l'oeil

This article is about the art technique. For the 2006 album by Canadian indie rock band Malajube, see Trompe-l'oeil (album). Trompe-l'œil is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects really exist, instead of being mere, two-dimensional paintings. The name is derived from French for "trick the eye", from tromper - to deceive and l'œil - the eye; IPA pronunciation [].
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Noun
1. a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality
(hypernym) painting, picture

Adjective
1. creating the illusion of seeing reality; "the visual deception of trompe-l'oeil art"
(synonym) eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil(a)
(similar) unreal

n. trompe l'oeil style

french term for illusion of reality - tricky style presenting a three dimensional appearance - also called illusionism 

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